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Grab Hook

Blue Snowshoe Mountain, WV

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical107 ft
Length601 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top4,536 ft

Grab Hook drops 107 vertical feet over 601 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Grab Hook holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Grab Hook gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,540 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Grab Hook profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Grab Hook elsewhere

Nearby at Snowshoe Mountain

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.